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Sir.
Nripendra Nath Sircar
KCSI CSI
Sir. N.N. Sircar
33rd Advocate-General of Bengal
In office
1928–1934
Preceded byH. R. Panckridge
Succeeded bySir. A.K. Roy
Member of Subordinate Judicial Service
In office
1902–1905
Member of Viceroy's Executive Council
In office
1934–1939
Preceded byBrojendra Mitter
Succeeded byBepin Behari Ghose
Personal details
BornCalcutta
DiedCalcutta
NationalityIndian
SpouseLady Nabanalini Basu[1][2]
RelationsPeary Charan Sarkar (grandparent)
ChildrenBirendranath Sircar
ParentNagendra Nath Sircar[1][2](father)
Residence(s)36/1 Elgin Road, Calcutta, India. TA: Enenes, Calcutta
EducationPresidency College Calcutta; Lincoln’s Inn, Ripon College
Alma materPresidency College
ProfessionAdvocate-General, Leader of Indian Legislative Assembly

Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar, KCSI (died August 1945) was an Indian lawyer and political figure. He was Advocate-General of Bengal[3] from 1928 to 1934 and Law Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India from 1934 to 1939.[4] He was the grandson of educationist Peary Charan Sarkar and the father of filmmaker Birendranath Sircar.[5]

Sir. N.N. Sircar at 33rd Position. List of Advocate-General of Bengal or Calcutta High Court.

Education

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Sircar graduated from Ripon College with Law in 1897 and District Court in Bhagalpur, as Pleader in 1898.[6] In 1891 he was selected for the post of Professor of Chemistry at Agra College.[6] Later, in 1902 he was appointed as a member of Subordinate Judicial Service in Bengal. Sircar was the First Honoursman in the Bar Final Michaelmas Term of 1907. He achieved Honours in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry in his BA, and went on to earn an MA in Chemistry. He was also the holder of the Foundation Scholarship at Presidency College.[7]

Personal life

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Sircar married Nabanalini Basu, the only daughter of Durgadas Basu, a landowner from Baraset, in 1896. The couple had eight sons.[8] Nabanalini Sircar was keenly interested in Bengal's social welfare and education of women. The Sircars travelled extensively in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Europe, United States, and Canada.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Indian Culture Website: sir-n-n-sircars-speeches-and-pamphlets
  2. ^ a b ukknowswho website: Sircar, Sir Nripendra Nath
  3. ^ Banerjee, Debanjana (4 July 2022). "B N Sircar : Man who transformed Bangla Film industry". The Statesman. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. ^ Nripendra Nath Sircar. The Law of Arbitration in British India, 1942 (GS5964).
  5. ^ "Calcutta University". www.culibrary.ac.in. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b Sircar, N. N.; Dutta Roy, B. N. (1934). Sir N.N. Sircar's speeches and pamphlets: collection of the pamphlets circulated in 1933 among members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform and among members of Parliament. India. Calcutta: Book Company.
  7. ^ "Sircar, Sir Nripendra Nath, (died 1945), Law Member of Executive Council of Governor-General of India, 1934–39; late Vice-President, Viceroy's Executive Council; Leader of Indian Legislative Assembly". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-231810?rskey=azqr7a&result=1. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  8. ^ Sircar, N. N.; Dutta Roy, B. N. (1934). Sir N.N. Sircar's speeches and pamphlets: collection of the pamphlets circulated in 1933 among members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform and among members of Parliament. India. Calcutta: Book Company.
  9. ^ "Sir. NN Sircar- Speeches and Pamphlets- Government of India- Indian Culture".

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